Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the research by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and ECOPEL on faux bear fur and the Answer of 21 February 2022 to Question 121826 on Queen's guards: uniforms, if he will make a comparative assessment of the performance of (a) bear fur and (b) the faux bear fur created by PETA and ECOPEL in meeting his Department's five requirements for use in Queen's Guards ceremonial caps; and if he will take steps to make ceremonial caps from faux fur.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 21 February 2022 to Question 121824 to the hon. Member for York Central (Rachael Maskell).